Apple tablet a Kindle-killer?
Apple's tablet may be taking aim at the Kindle and other e-readers. Book publishers are talking with Apple about being part of the pre-Christmas launch of a portable tablet-sized computer designed to boost sales of music and movies, according to the Financial Times.
The device could become the latest revolutionary product from Apple, whose design and interface genius has changed forever the desktop, cell phones and digital music. FT said the tablet is likely to be launched with new content deals, including some aimed at stimulating sales of CD-length music. The touch-sensitive computer will have a screen that may be up to 10 inches diagonally. It will connect to the internet like the iPod Touch – probably without phone capability but with access to the web, and to Apple’s online stores for software and entertainment.
According to the FT, the device could also provide an alternative to Amazon’s Kindle, Sony’s Reader and a forthcoming device from Plastic Logic, recently allied with Barnes & Noble. "It would be a colour, flat-panel TV to the old-fashioned, black and white TV of the Kindle," one publishing executive said
Incredible that the Kindle, which seems like a newborn (at least in version two), is already being compared to B&W TV. Talk about light-speed innovation.
Comments
This will be exciting to see, since everyone seems to love their iPhones so much. The one advantage the Kindle has right now is that you can download books without being connected to a computer - I wonder if Apple will offer that.
Posted by: Kathy | July 27, 2009 10:41 AM
Kindle-killer? That headline has upset my Kindle. Must you do this, on a Monday morning? Now he'll be upset for the whole week.
Posted by: Gail Farrelly | July 27, 2009 11:12 AM
i knew it was just a matter of months before apple would come out with a smaller, better kindle-esque gadget. i can't imagine what they've been working on, but im sure they'll show amazon how it's done...
Posted by: Anne | July 27, 2009 2:18 PM
It can't be a Kindle killer. The battery will in no way last 4-6 days like the Kindle. You will have to be tethered to a battery charger. I love the comparisons to a device most people have never seen in person, let alone used.
Posted by: Rages | July 28, 2009 5:48 AM
Apple Tablet may be launched this Christmas or possibly as early as September. I hope this will be another great rally for apple earnings. I will buy one of this for sure. The iphone started to be too little to stay all the day looking things. I am a great fan of apple product so started collecting all the information (more than 200 sites) about Apple Tablet(News, Videos, Pics, Pre reviews, Rumors etc.,). If you are interested take a look at the below link
http://markthispage.blogspot.com/2009/07/apple-tablet-large-iphone-or-ipod-touch.html
Posted by: sri | July 28, 2009 9:00 AM
I thinkB&W is sort of the point with Kindle. The battery lasts forever, and is much easier on the eyes for heavy text reading than the highly backlit LED type screens you'd see on a color screen suitable for movie watching.
This apple device will likely be competing moreso with devices like the archos 5
Posted by: Green | July 29, 2009 9:53 AM